Development of a Life-cycle Assessment Tool for Pavement Preservation and Maintenance on Flexible and Rigid Pavement

A complete life-cycle assessment (LCA) methodology was developed to quantify sustainability impacts of preservation activities for asphalt and concrete surfaced pavements. The LCA models and methodology was implemented in a software tool to support making project-level decisions in between various preservation and rehabilitation activities. The key components of the development include the inventory analysis used in the LCA calculations, treatment lifetime models and decision trees for preservation treatment selection. A nationwide survey was conducted through questionnaires. Questionnaires were designed specifically to target collecting data to build lifetime models in addition to agency experiences and practices. Decision trees were developed to guide decision makers to select from various preservation and rehabilitation options for a given existing pavement condition and traffic information. Data for the LCA also included that available in the literature or other publicly and commercially available databases to determine the LCA impacts of different preservation and maintenance schedules. The LCA scope includes materials, construction, maintenance and rehabilitation, and use stages. The inventory analysis was performed on data applicable to all regions in the United States. A tool was developed with a user-friendly interface using pay items as the building block for the ease of future implementation. The tool was intended for the engineers in state and local agencies, practitioners in the industry, and contractors. A sustainability analysis is presented to compare individual treatments or a schedule of treatments.

• Record URL:
  • https://apps.ict.illinois.edu/projects/getfile.asp?id=8865
• Record URL:
  • https://www.chpp.egr.msu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/24.-CHPP-Report-UIUC6-2019.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  Michigan State University - Center for Pavement Preservation

  2857 Jolly Road
  Okemos, Michigan  United States  48864

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Zhou, Qingwen
  • Okte, Egemen
  • Sen, Sushobhan
  • Ozer, Hasan
  • Al-Qadi, Imad L
  • Chatti, Karim
• Publication Date: 2019-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report - Volume 1
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 101p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt concrete pavements; Decision support systems; Flexible pavements; Life cycle analysis; Pavement maintenance; Pavement performance; Preservation; Rigid pavements
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01714451
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: ICT-19-010
• Contract Numbers: DTRT13-G-UTC44
• Files: UTC, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 22 2019 4:41PM